“I had a terrible dream one night,” says Vince Bernard, founder and farmer of Bernard Ranches, who has watched the COVID crisis cut into his sales so much that he may not be able to afford to water …
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By Pia Hinckle on
“I had a terrible dream one night,” says Vince Bernard, founder and farmer of Bernard Ranches, who has watched the COVID crisis cut into his sales so much that he may not be able to afford to water …
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Filed Under: Farms, FruitGuys News Tagged With: Bernard Ranches, citrus farms, COVID-19 crisis, farmers, heirloom oranges, orange trees, oranges, Valencia oranges, Vince Bernard, water
By Charlene Oldham on
Small Farms Left Out of Farm Bill By Charlene Oldham When the first “farm bill” was created in the late 1930s to help family farms, horses and hand plows were as common on farms as Model …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, The FruitLife Tagged With: ag reform, agricultural reforms, Agriculture, big ag, corn subsidies, factory farms, family farming, farm bill, farm politics, farm subsidies, farmers, farming, farming issues, farming reforms, Farms, food, food politics, food subsidies, health, HFCS, high fructose corn syrup, junk food, organic farmers, organic farming, processed foods, rice subsidies, small farmers, snap, soy oil, soybean subsidies, sustainability, wheat subsidies
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I try to stay out of agricultural politics. I’d rather support farmers by buying their wonderful produce without having to testify on their behalf. Sometimes, however, circumstances land on your …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, The FruitLife Tagged With: agricultural politics, apple farm, apples, blue moon organics, California, farmers, light brown apple moth, New Zealand, quarantine
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The FruitGuys GoodWorks Project includes our Farm Steward and Community Outreach programs which have donated thousands of pieces of fruit to charitable organizations nationwide. Our Farm Steward …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, GoodWorks Tagged With: bat boxes, bee hive, beehives, community outreach, donate-a-crate, donation, family farmers, Farm Steward, farmers, fruit donations, fruit trees, good works, owl boxes, small family farm
By Heidi Lewis on
The first time I went to a Scion Exchange I didn't know what to expect—was it a science-fiction convention? As I drew nearer I saw people entering the building with little sticks under their arms—was …
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Filed Under: Food, FruitGuys News Tagged With: article, branch cuttings, buds, cuttings, farmers, farming, fruit trees, gardeners, gardening, grafter, grafting, heirloom fruit, nut trees, rare fruit, scion exchange, spring planning, spring planting, swap, twigs, varieties, variety
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